To those words and admit he has a financial stake in how Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial plays out. Tons of details and memorable moments in his testimony today including an Admission Cohen stole from the Trump Organization and that he paid one client with cash stuffed in a Brown Paper Bag. Just before the trial broke for the lunch break, the prosecution started its redirect by focusing on the Stormy Daniels payments and pushing back on the defenses suggestion they were correctly labeled as legal work cohen did for donald trump. The question now, did multiple days of crossexamination destroy cohens credibility in the eyes of the jury, and could that help Donald Trumps defense get the former president off the hook, or do they believe him . Do they believe hissy kwens . A key thing that was raised out of the earshot of the jury when they went to lunch, chris, this whole issue of the cspan clip that showed Keith Schiller and donald trump were on a stage in a rally when trump was leaving th
Hi, everyone, welcome to monday. The people of the great state of Nuclear Reactor versus donald j. Trump is entering a new chapter. The prosecution rested and team trump has started its defense. On the stand right now, attorney Robert Costello who according to Michael Cohen formed a back channel to donald trump himself in the year 2018. Thats when Michael Cohen was the target of a federal Criminal Investigation. Costello claiming that Michael Cohen told him trump did not know about the Hush Money Payments to Stormy Daniels. Cohen has testified on direct that he was still in protect trump mode at the time. That he didnt tell costello. The prosecution rested its case, though, just in the last hour after methodically brick by brick restating the elements of their criminal case against the expresident. They sought to clean up some of the damage done by Trump Defense attorney todd blanche with an assist from their star witness, trumps exattorney, Michael Cohen. Prosecutor Susan Hoffinger br
Of the case takes the stand. Tonight, the Michael Cohen testimony begins. The guy we saw was credible and calm if not a little freaked out. Donald trumps former fixer testifies that the candidate himself let the conspiracy. The most repeated line of Michael Cohens testimony was, just take care of it. Just take care of it. This is a disaster. Women will hate me. He was not thinking of melania but all about the candidate. Rachel maddow recaps the testimony with lawrence odonnell, lisa rubin, susan craig, and katie phang who were inside the court has. Nicolle wallace, chris hayes, ari melber, jen psaki, and catherine christian. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Good evening and thank you for joining us for our msnbc prime time recap of the criminal trial of former President Trump. I am here along with my colleagues lawrence odonnell, katie phang, nicolle wallace, chris hayes. Todays proceedings, unexpectedly to me were like that helpful moment in the old Agatha Christie style bri
Tonight, the Michael Cohen testimony begins. The guy we saw this morning was credible and calm, if not a little freaked out. Donald trumps former fixer testifies that the candidate himself led the conspiracy. The most repeated line of Michael Cohens testimony was just take care of it. This is a total disaster. Women will hate me. The most important thing the jury heard today, he wasnt thinking about his wife. This was all about the candidate. Tonight, Rachel Maddow recapped the testimony with Lawrence Odonnell, lisa rubin, Suzanne Crane and katie phang, who were inside the courthouse. Plus, Nicolle Wallace, chris hayes, jen psaki and Catherine Christian as a special coverage of trump on trial begins, now. Good evening and thanks for joining us for our msnbc Primetime Recap of the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. Im here tonight along with my colleagues, Lawrence Odonnell and katie phang and Nicolle Wallace and chris hayes. Big night, you guys. Todays proceedings , expec
The heinous Terror Attack in israel that killed more than 1,400 people. The crisis that continues to threaten the innocent lives of hundreds of hostages and endanger the entire civilian population of gaza. In a spiraling humanitarian calamity. In the next hour President Joe Biden will depart for israel for what could be one of the most important trips of his presidency. His visit is of course a show of support for an ally grieving the murder of more jewish lives than at any time since the holocaust. But also bracing for a deadly and dangerous point in this conflict with hamas. It is also a high wire diplomatic endeavor with nothing less than the possibility of a major regional conflict breaking out looming over every fraught development and every development in the last few hours has been that, fraught. Its also added fuel to a volatile situation. There are reports of a Deadly Strike on a hospital in gaza. Now, the hospital was filled, of course, with the wounded and with palestinians